Year: 1881
| Province: Prince Edward Island
| County: Queen's
Township No. 58, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 58 was a township in Queen's County, Prince Edward Island (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,343. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.073°N, 62.840°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 58 had a population of 1,343: 673 male and 670 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,258 |
| 1881 | 1,343 |
| 1891 | 1,246 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 58 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 208 |
| Number of families | 208 |
| Number of females | 670 |
| Number of males | 673 |
| Number of married females | 159 |
| Number of married males | 159 |
| Number of married persons | 318 |
| Number of widowed females | 42 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| Number of widowed persons | 63 |
| POP TOT | 1,343 |
| Total population | 1,343 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 469 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 493 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 962 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 206 |
| Number of occupied houses | 206 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 11 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,381 |
| Acres of potatoes | 415 |
| Acres of wheat | 463 |
| BAR BU | 253 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 253 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 203 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 237 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 45,796 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 50 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 29 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 63,405 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 6,050 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 5,726 |
| BWT BU | 203 |
| CRN BU | 4 |
| HAY AC | 1,381 |
| HAY TONS | 1,201 |
| OAT BU | 45,796 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 29 |
| POT AC | 415 |
| POT BU | 63,405 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,201 |
| WHT AC | 463 |
| WHT SP BU | 6,050 |
Fisheries (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 8 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 5 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 3 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 571 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 8 |
| Number of fishing boats | 24 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 42 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 89,088 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 26 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 5 |
Other recorded variables (31 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 8 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 42 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 24 |
| C UNMD F | 469 |
| C UNMD M | 493 |
| C UNMD TOT | 962 |
| CD NAME | Queen's |
| COD DX K | 26 |
| D OCC | 206 |
| FEMALE | 670 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 8 |
| GRA BU | 237 |
| H CON | 8 |
| H INHAB | 206 |
| H UNINH | 11 |
| HAD DX K | 5 |
| LOB XC P | 89,088 |
| MALE | 673 |
| MCK XB Q | 5 |
| MD F | 159 |
| MD M | 159 |
| MD TOT | 318 |
| NET XX F | 571 |
| NUMBER CD | 2 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 2 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 50 |
| TRT XB Q | 3 |
| TUR BU | 5,726 |
| WID F | 42 |
| WID M | 21 |
| WID TOT | 63 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1881 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the
Canadian Peoples / TCP project,
hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan.
Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921).
Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the
HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph
project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology
page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "Township No. 58, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-58-pe002020-1881/.